Will Core 2 Duo Reduce Demand for Huge Heat Sinks ?

[wwswimming]

with high performance & low power consumption, the E6600 & E6700 seem to work pretty well with stock Heat Sink Fans.

i'm wondering if these lower power consumption processors will affect sales of the bigger coolers, like the Noctua NH-12, the Thermalright 120, the Zalman 9500, etc.

 

[acegazda]

probably, a new age of cpu coolers will be brought about by the lower heat producing cpus. Hopefully this will bring costs down, sizes down, and universal compatablity.

 

[996GT2]

But then again, with Conroe's great overclockability, the demand for bigger coolers may actually go up as more and more people overclock their Core 2s on increased voltages

 

[Operandi]

Might see an increase in large passive heatsinks.

 

[VinDSL]

Heh! All (comments) true!

These Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme CPUs are going to be something else, that's for sure!

On one hand, I can see more ppl 'getting away' with passive HSs, but I can also see more ppl wanting to switch to fluid. Both of these things are good for Noctua, Thermalright, Zalman, et cetera! So, IMHO, demand will continue to increase for these items...

'Conroe' is going to be a boon for everyone... well, maybe not AMD...

 

[wwswimming]

well, isn't what Intel did, they went to a smaller geometry, and this is related to the
reduction in power consumption ?

AMD has certainly shown a wup-ass amount of skill at design. i wouldn't be surprised
if 9 months down the road they introduce their own 65 nM instead of 90 (or whatever
geometry they're using) with a dual 2.8 GHz 2 x 2 MB cache (a little bigger cache
than the FX-62, isn't the FX-62 2.8 GHz ?) using both Opteron chemistry (i've heard
OC-ability of Opteron is related to material) and DDR2 tech'gy (hearing good things
about the DDR2 memory bandwidth on AM2 boards).

i think MIPS per watt (of FLOPS per watt, whatever to call, power consumption
per performance, 3D marks per femto-BTU) will become bigger & bigger, more &
more important that is.

i would think these lower voltage motherboards would be more noise-sensitive.
like if you fire up a drill or something with magnetic circuits that are beings
switched on and off, that generates voltage transients, i would thing the
new generation of motherboards would be more sensitive to that, since
they're lower voltage.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: wwswimming
well, isn't what Intel did, they went to a smaller geometry, and this is related to the
reduction in power consumption ?

Yeah, but they still use the same ol' LGA 775 zif socket, so the current HSFs will fit!

Anandtech has declared, Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 didn't lose a single benchmark in their comparison; not a single one! Even Intel's mainstream E6700 and E6600 processors beat AMD's highest-performing chip, the Athlon FX-62, in several benchmarks...

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I can't image anybody with one of these 'bad boys' using a factory reference fan!

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: 996GT2
But then again, with Conroe's great overclockability, the demand for bigger coolers may actually go up as more and more people overclock their Core 2s on increased voltages

I see it as going either way.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Let's hear it for fanless designs!!!

 

[Ayah]

+volt
+high clock
= woot

 

[Geiser34]

Originally posted by: Ayah
+volt
+high clock
= woot

:thumbsup:

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Might see an increase in large passive heatsinks.

A passive heatsink.. now that is what I would be interested in..
I could care less about overclocking the Conroe. The Conroe smokes at stock speeds..

 

[potato28]

I hear there might be lots of dripping in the next few months...

 

[ProfessorT]

I think for most people an aftermarket fan means more than just overclocking. You have to factor in noise and looks.

 

[eelw]

Yeah, silent systems will be showing up more now with lower power hungry processors. Too bad GPUs are going the other direction though.